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Day: January 25, 2009

Inauguration presents “teachable moment” in Episcopal school

January 25, 2009 No Comments

As the students of all colors and backgrounds joined together in a conga line that snaked around the room, the celebration seemed to answer Obama’s call to come together as one. “We’re passing the stage of racism,” said Bokamoso youth group member Pearl Zondo, 19, of Obama’s historic inauguration. “We’re finally realizing that we are the same, if you can just forget our skin color.”

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Jerry Coyne on faith and science

January 25, 2009 2 Comments

Together, Saving Darwin and Only a Theory provide an edifying summary of the tenets and the flaws of modern creationism, the former dealing mainly with its history and the latter with its specious claims. If these books stopped there, they would raise a valuable alarm about the dangers facing American science and culture. But in the end their sincere but tortuous efforts to find the hand of God in evolution lead them to solutions that are barely distinguishable from the creationism that they deplore.

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Intentional Christian communities

January 25, 2009 2 Comments

At Simple House, as at other Christian intentional communities, the answer demands devotion and sacrifice. None of the missionaries at Simple House has an outside job. Laura earns just $200 a month to minister to about two dozen families in Southeast, doing everything from delivering food to helping a couple deal with their daughter’s suicide attempt. She and her housemates have taken vows of poverty, obedience and chastity. They pray every morning and evening and attend Mass daily.

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Sir John Mortimer: atheist for Christ

January 25, 2009 1 Comment

“Sir John called himself an atheist for Christ,” the vicar said. “He always came to midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. But he emphatically did not believe in life after death. My hope,” she added, “is that he has had a wonderful surprise.”

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Obama and the Covenant

January 25, 2009 No Comments

Virtually every US president since Washington in 1789 has renewed the covenant in his inaugural address, often in biblical terms. Obama’s was a textbook example. There was the reference to the Exodus, a journey through the wilderness that involved crossing a sea: “They packed up their few worldly possessions and travelled across oceans.” There was the covenant itself: “Our Founding Fathers . . . drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man.”

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Pope lifts excommunication on bishop who denies Holocaust

January 25, 2009 16 Comments

Pope Benedict XVI has reinstated a bishop does not believe the Holocaust took place and thinks that the United States government staged the attacks of 9/11. Episcopalians need to keeps this in mind the next time the Vatican lectures us on our grave moral failings, such as permitting women to be priests, and blessing same sex relationships.

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Free to respond

January 25, 2009 No Comments

As you ponder the scene [from Mark’s gospel], you may encounter Jesus taking the initiative and walking into your life, just as he took the initiative and walked into Peter’s life. Jesus always starts the relationship; we respond—or do not respond.

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